Weekly Flylady Thread 30th November 2009

pigpen

WOOHOO IT IS :xmastree:.....DECEMBER..... :xmastree:

Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it!

Following requests to start things steadier for new members who did not realise the tasks list wasn’t a must do, just an encouragement. There will now be level 1, 2 and 3. Level 1 being very basic it has been requested that this is just one task per day, level 2 in the middle, up to 3 which is more advanced and time consuming. If you want to do level 2 you add the tasks on level 1 with the level 2 tasks, if you want to do level 3 you add the tasks on, easy peasy. Choose a level to aim for but be realistic, if you’ve got a busy day on or are just starting etc aim for level one, if you get higher then great, if not then not to worry its only suggestions. Every room comes back around next week. Trust me some days I'll only be doing level one myself.

THESE LISTS ARE ONLY SUGGESTIONS AND NOT A MUST DO LIST, ALWAYS WELCOME TO POST AND FOLLOW YOUR OWN.

Also adding a declutter mission each day. Another one where it’s up to you if you want to do it or if you need to. This follows requests from members who are looking to declutter. Fling boogies, hotspot clearing, cupboard sorts, drawer sorts etc will all be on this list. Any problems with this of any suggestions do please let me know.

A few of the basics before we start the week

Hotspots are any areas which if one thing gets put there, loads of other things follow!

Daily routines are anything you need to do on a daily basis like washing, swish and swipe kitchen and bathroom, ironing, making beds, vacuuming high traffic areas, making meals etc

Night-time routines are all things which make getting ready in the morning easier, preparing clothes for the next day, making lunches, swish & swipes of the kitchen and tidying the living room before you go to bed plus personals like shower/brush teeth etc.

Fling Boogie - stick on some loud music, grab a binbag and whizz around the house finding items that can go out with the rubbish, recycling, for charity shop, basically anything that will stop it cluttering your home.

Binbag dance - Grab a binbag and run around the house filling it up with rubbish.. I like to do this the day the bins are due to be emptied.. it fills the bin and decutters!

Swish and swipe/S&S means have a quick wipe over an area such as a sink or toilet to prevent the build up of dirt. This is usually done on a daily basis

HHE/HHC/HHI Half Hour exercise/challenge/ironing ... run around for 30 minutes to the Benny Hill music frantically cleaning exercising or ironing.. other music may be used if you prefer!

5GC five minutes gardening.. make it lovely for your family and enjoy it!

Ok here goes this week!




Monday- Living room, hall and stairs
Level one
Clear floors of clutter and vacuum them
Make time for yourself!! Half an hour of peace!
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt backs!
Sort coats and shoes and bags
Level Three
Dust and deweb allthose corners and electrical appliances and shelves.. etc
Clear mantel and put back only what should be up there!
Wipe and water plants


Extras

1. Vacuum under furniture you can safely move
2. Wash any soft furnishing that need it
3. Start wrapping presents!!!! If you haven't already!
4. Binbag dance..

Tuesday ~ Kitchen of Grot and Dining Room of Gloom
Level One
Declutter and mop/vacuum the floors
Find and wipe the worksurfaces
Level Two
Wipe the big appliances and units.. don't forget kickboards!
Wipe small appliances and replace.. do one thoroughly.. descale or decrumb or degunge!
Clear and wipe a shelf or window sill
Level Three
Wipe the table and replace the cloth if necessary.
Sort through and clean out one cupboard
Clean the oven and hob..


Extras

1. Clean out the fridge.. make use of anything almost past its best
2. Wash the windows
3. Drag out a large appliance or 2 and clean behind and under it
4. Dust and Deweb

Wednesday ~ Master Bedroom and landing
Level One
Strip wash and replace bedding!
Declutter and vacuum the floor!
Level Two
Sort and stash any presents you have lying about.. clear the floordrobe!
Clear a box of stuff away
Binbag dance
Level Three
Clear away any stuff on the top of cupboards/chest of drawers/dressing tables etc.
Sort the airing cupboard/linen store/towel cupboard.. is there anything past its best? PDSA/animal charities often are desperate for such things!
Dust and deweb and wipe the paintwork


Extras

1. Ring someone you love who you've not spoken to in a while!
2. Write up the christmas cards and get them ready to post!
3. HHI
4. Wrap more pressies!!

Thursday - Bathroom, Loo & Study
Level One
Clear all floors of clutter
Dejunk pc desk!
Level Two
Wash windows
Wipe all paintwork
Vacuum/mop all floors
Level three
Clean the bath/shower/loo's/basins etc
Wipe the cup rings and dust off the desk
Scrub down the tiles

Extras

1. Delete 50 unwanted emails
2. Defrag the pc and run a virus scan/spyware scan
3. Binbag dance
4. Write and post christmas cards!!

Friday ~ Childrens pits, spare or neglected rooms!
Level One
Strip , wash and replace bedding
Declutter and vacuum the floor
Level Two
Sort through a cupboard.. any cupboard, could even be a kitchen one!
Drag out and sort all the gibble from under the bed!
Straighten the toy boxes and shelves
Level Three
Wash any soft furnishings that need it.. or the duvet!
Dust and deweb
Wipe sticky grotmarks from the walls, doors and paintwork
Extras

1. Binbag dance
2. HHI
3. List 1 item to sell .. or sort pics and listings for this weekend FREE LISTING on ebay!
4. sort the shoes, coats and bags!

LAST POSTING DATES FOR CHRISTMAS

pigpen

Those who were new this week blue

PIGPEN.. You may call me ma'am, HRH or merely 'Oh illustrious leader'
toottifrooti.. Our official meeter, greeter and star giver
soappie- because housework is not one of my strong points and my life is so full with work, community stuff etc., I need something like this to help me focus. Toots assistant.
ALIBOBSY
AnW'sMum
Bevan840
boddy.. because I need motivation and organizing. Plus I love the fun and support on here.
boodle
Carlsberggal
carol22
Craftyscholar
cyclingyorkie
DAYDREAMBELIEVER
dollydaydream07
Dustykitten because I keep falling off the wagon and love the community spirit
elly2
embb
fedupandskint
froddington
funfairprincess
gratefulforhelp
greenbee
gsysezz
gunsandbanjos (GnB)
Helen jelly
hex2
Hippy110
hollyh
Ishtar
jackywhizz
jayjay14
*jellie*
jinky67
jjef
juliejim
Justamum - because I have (virtual) friends here
kassey
kazmeister
kazwookie ~~ here for support and friends
Lady-Liberty
lav1979
likklegibbon
Lilysue
Lil_me - because she hates having CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) but it comes naturally
loshypops
milliejo
Mrs_Beatson .. lurks! or holds up the bar
Mrs Dawn
mrsmortenharket
msgnomey
Mudbath - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Mum on a mission (MOAM)
Mummyof5
mumofjusttwo
Mumoffour77
Natty68
neveah
Orkneystar
penelope penguin
penguin83
Pollybear
Poohbear59
poorbutrich
quillion
rach
rosepink1984
SarahShattered
Scared1980
serena
sexymouse - cause teaching and having a clean house should be possible
SGT
skintscotlass
SummerMoon - sometimes lurker, sometimes posting
Sunnygirl
sunnyGirl
TAG
thifty
thriftyscotslass
toochoosey - cause every now and then i need a kick up the @rse
Triker
Valli
Vanilla because I hate housework and need motivation
vivw
wilf55
xx_Jo_xx
zoelikesjam
3tabbycats
ajmoney
angelnikki
eltee12
Cally_c
huston_kw
Lo-Lo
michbright
pretz
princess lou
tinkerbellsmum
cha97michelle
Choccybix
lou1981
Money Saving Diva
MissHiggerty
prettypennies
hellsbells45
jackie_w
Jassa
MrsChaos
FrankieM
sammr85
dreamywings1
sammiell
smileyt
victoria_ice
Chris25
lala1974
rosieben
hypno06
JillD
smartie12
Daisydoll
louboutingirl
Madcatgirl
trinity_bleu
moonflower
doodledoo
jtb2412
Alwaysthebusybee
pinkbrick
Mumto5
feefeelalabelle
charlylovesphil
twoflower169
Swinstie73
Toonie
Saban
Mariek
Knitty78
Careerwumman
Scotrae
sazzy6
Thorsoak
gilligansyle
Rachel021967
angie loves veg
esmf73
dinx1972
mummy2mygirls
mumoftwo
ellas9602
purpleivy
thriftmonster
haynrich
lolly1981
RebekahR
macpep1
phizzimum
Poppytime
mamashaz
lemanie
katylittlelady
jules54
Lucifa73
kezlou
pink_numbers
nopot2pin
karensmith
nikki2804
Kellylea
zzzLazyDaisy
Lemon Tree
eveie189
candyblue
Pink-winged
mamashaz
tc3061
ashia
RacheBud
Danni
*H*
mummyslittleboy
ashbash11

tootifruities

1. You don't have to complete the daily list on the same day to get your star but try and do some in the week to give yourselves more free time at the weekend
2. You must do levels 1,2 and 3 to get a star but remember the 'extras' are extras and don't count towards the stars!
3. Please make it obvious when you have finished a list so that I know you need a star - for example Monday Done! make sure I can see it!!!!!!
4. If you dont have something on the list then it gets deleted - e.g. clean out pets - if no pets no cleaning out done - delete!
5. Similarly when it says childrens rooms then you should substitute spare room/utility room/conservatory...etc if you have no childrens rooms.
6. If you have no spare room or any other room not on the weekly list then make sure you do any thing thats on that list that you haven't already done earlier in the week and try to substiture similar type jobs - make an effort please!!
7. You should not be deleting stuff just because you CBA!!
8. You may delete stuff if you are not physically fit to do something!
9. And for goodness sake remember that the stars are for FUN - there will be no discrimination - no sulking - no striking - no bribing- no cheating - or there will be no stars!!! so there!!

Last week there were a 139 stars awarded with 11 flyers doing all five days lists. Well done everyone! That means 139 rooms were cleaned and sparkling this week.

OK that was a poor week - lots of things going on so not a huge amount of cleaning done - as pigpen so rightly says only 26 sleeps to the big day so we want our houses to be all sparkly, clean and tidy so that we can enjoy the festivities - now dont we?????? (the answer is 'yes' BTW)

w/c 23/11 - 139 (11)
w/c 16/11 - 171 (16)
w/c 09/11 - 182 (13)
w/c 02/11 - 164 (16)
w/c 27/7 - 120 (5):eek:
w/c 06/4 - 202 (21) (new total to beat)

Stars awarded this week
angie loves veg :starmod::staradmin
ashbash11 :starmod:
boddy :starmod::staradmin:staradmin:starmod:
cally_c :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
candyblue :starmod::staradmin
carol22 :starmod::staradmin
Choccybix :starmod::staradmin
Craftyscholar :starmod:
DayDreamBeliever :starmod::staradmin
donna73:starmod: :staradmin:staradmin
Dreamywings1 :starmod::staradmin
embb :starmod::staradmin
fedupanskint :xmassmile
funfairprincess :starmod::staradmin
greenbee :starmod:
hex :starmod:
hollyh :xmassmile
huston_kw :starmod:
Ishtar :starmod:
jackywhizz :starmod::staradmin:starmod:
Jassa :xmassmile
jinky :staradmin:starmod::starmod:
jjef :starmod::staradmin:staradmin
karensmith :starmod:
kassey :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
kazmeister :starmod::staradmin
kazwookie :xmassmile
Kellylea :starmod:
kezlou :starmod::starmod::staradmin
LAV1979 :starmod:
LilacPixie :starmod::staradmin
lil_me :staradmin
Lucifa73 :starmod::staradmin
macpep1 :xmassmile
milliejo :starmod:
MissHiggerty :staradmin:starmod::staradmin
mudbath :starmod::staradmin
mummyslittleboy :starmod:
mummyyof5 :starmod:
mumoftwo :starmod::starmod::staradmin
natty68 :staradmin
nikki2804 :xmassmile
nopot2pin :staradmin
PenelopePenguin :xmassmile
phizzimum :starmod:
pigpen :starmod::staradmin
pink_numbers :staradmin
pollybear :xmassmile
Poppytime :starmod:
Quillion :starmod::staradmin:staradmin
rach :starmod::staradmin:staradmin:starmod:
sammiell :starmod:
serena :starmod::staradmin:starmod::staradmin
soappie :xmassmile
SummerMoon :starmod::staradmin
SunnyGirl :starmod::staradmin
TAG :starmod:
thifty :starmod::starmod:
tinkerbellsmum :starmod:
toochoosey :starmod::staradmin:staradmin
Valli :xmassmile
vanilla :starmod::staradmin:staradmin:starmod:
Wickedkitten :starmod:
wilf55 :starmod:
3tabbycats :starmod:

Special Award
LadyLiberty
(must post every day so we know what she is up to!)

New this week
signs of recovery
stressedoutmumof1
purplepardalis
sukey13
LilacPixie
spykey_uk
Wickedkitten
POCKETROCKET
Deedee73
De.Nattom






:starmod::staradmin

annie12

have a set day for doing washing, ironing etc?

I have Multiple Sclerosis & really struggle to get all my jobs done :rolleyes:

I wondered if it may be better if I was to do set jobs on set days?

I get really down if I don't feel well & there is so much to do.

Any ideas? What does everyone else do?

Valli

I am, of course, in esp. from Wednesday
Thanks,as always, to the Flylady Crew much appreciation for your sterling work. Pigpen, Toots and Soappie

Quillion

I am in need to really crack on this week.
Doing a bit of menu planning so dh can have the tea ready for when i get in so will be cooking in the afternoon and reheating for later x
Thanks for the lists guys you do a fantastic job xxxx

I deleted mine before x

Mudbath

I'm in! Now to sort a list;

Monday- Living room, hall and stairs
Vacuum floors
Wipe sofas
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move
Sort coats and shoes and bags
Dust
Clear mantel and put back only what should be up there!
Wipe and water plants

Extras
Start wrapping presents!!!! If you haven't already!
Sort Christmas card list
Buy an elf
Get a couple of bits for niece and nephew and post
Walk dogs (if stripes not limping)


That'll be me I think.

(I deleted my post and reposted to get you nearer the top!)

Ooops - thanks to Pigpoo, tootles and soapsuds of course! xx

penguin83

Evening all, I am in again this week please. I am still catching up with last weeks thread so bit behind on the news so hope that everyone is ok! I have 3 whole days off work (this is practically unheard of for me!) and I have an assignment due in on Weds so need to get cracking with that.

Thanks to Pigpen/Toots and Soappie for all their hard work and hope that everyone is well x x x x

Monday- Living room, hall and stairs
Level one
Clear floors of clutter and vacuum them
Make time for yourself!! Half an hour of peace!
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt backs!
Sort coats and shoes and bags
Level Three
Dust and deweb allthose corners and electrical appliances and shelves.. etc
Clear mantel and put back only what should be up there!
Wipe and water plants

Extras

1. Vacuum under furniture you can safely move
2. Wash any soft furnishing that need it
3. Start wrapping presents!!!! If you haven't already!
4. Binbag dance..

soappie

Quillion wrote: »

I deleted mine before x

Mudbath wrote: »

(I deleted my post and reposted to get you nearer the top!)

Ooops - thanks to Pigpoo, tootles and soapsuds of course! xx

thanks Quill and Mudders xxx

kazmeister

Thank you Pigpen, Toottifrooti and soappie for everything you do.

Ok I am going to forget the Grrs from the last thread starting afresh and new

Welcome to the thread signsofrecovery

Mudbath fabuous elf idea but I think mine are a tad too old now

Quillion - I would be inclined to ask mother and motherinlaw then as least you have offered and if they choose to turn it down because they have to do something else then at least you can enjoy your day as a family with no guilt, and why not set a place at the table for missing loved ones and talk about the things you remember about them when at the table.

Toots - yes it was that bad again and every time I turned my back she was in front of the TV again so I gave up and went to sleep instead for the afternoon. That and every time I asked her to do something it took an hour and about 3 reminders and that was just to get dressed and bring her washing down. Anyway I have moved on ......

This weeks list

Monday- Living room, hall and stairs
Level one
Clear floors of clutter and vacuum them - they are at least still clutter free unless DD trashes room tonight so will just need the vacuum
Make time for yourself!! Half an hour of peace! - my friend is taking me xmas shopping tomorrrow and as she's a paramedic I have someone to look after me if it gets too much
Level Two
Wipe sofas
Vacuum under furniture you can safely move.. I don't want any hurt backs!
[STRIKE]Sort coats and shoes and bags[/STRIKE] These are superduper tidy as I cleared all the clutter last week
Level Three
Dust and deweb all those corners and electrical appliances and shelves.. etc
Clear mantel and put back only what should be up there!
Wipe and water plants


Extras

1. Vacuum under furniture you can safely move
2. Wash any soft furnishing that need it
3. Start wrapping presents!!!! If you haven't already!
4. Binbag dance..

suzybloo

Hello Annie, Sorry to hear your struggling at times. I struggle to get everything done due to working full time, helping run my husbands business and I also help my daughter out by looking after my grandson three times a week, but necessity means that this has to be the case. I find that I make lists galore for things that need to be done for the week and put a time it will take to do it beside it - dusting sitting room and hall - 10 mins for example. If I have 10 mins I do it and score it off, if I have more time I work out what I can do, maybe you can try this and on a good day try and get through more and on a bad day do one or two of the quick jobs so at least you can see you are doing something.
Even on a bad day some planning perhaps or even a shopping list might help?
Good luck